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'Routes in Arabia' [139] (172/852)
The record is made up of 1 volume (425 folios). It was created in 1915. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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139
Route No. 37— contd.
contains 50 shops. The town is walled and contains a large
square fort girdled bv a moat partly full of water.
A route from Wabrah, in Summan, joins here. Wabrah is
a six days' journey to the nortb-east from Majma'ah.
8 THADIQ .. 68 m. Generally south by
east. The route at
173 m. first ascends.
At mile 6, village of Tjwai situated in a hollow ; 20 houses and
some date palms. Adjoining Ijwai on the south-west is the
hamlet of Wushai; 10 houses.
About mile 10, a running stream is passed.
At mile 25, Jalajil,* 400 houses. The place is walled and
many of the houses have upper storeys. There are large date
plantations, and many other fruit trees. Cereals, lucerne, and
melons are abundant. Irrigation is from the stream met at
mile 16.
The depth of the wells is from 36 to 84 feet. There are
no horses, but about 400 camels, 150 donkeys, and 200 cattle,
besides sheep and goats.
A plateau in Jabal Tuwaiq is then crossed.
At mile 33, Tuwaim,t a walled village of 220 houses, standing
high on the second step of the Tuwaiq plateau. It contains a
large market place, several shops and a number of upper-storeyed
houses. The date groves an? extensive ; other cultivation and
livestock arc average. Water is scarce but there are wells
here.
At mile 39, the track passes between the walled village of
Hafr and an old castle.
At mile 43, TamaTr, a village of 270 houses ; a light-coloured
rock bearing the remains of a fort adjoins it. The date groves
are extensive and there are the usual fruit trees and cereals.
Besides lucerne and melons. The water level is at 36 to 72 feet.
There are no horses but sheep and goats are in 11 s e numbers.
Leaving TamaTr the track ascends to the highest shelf of
Jabal Tuwaiq and traverses a bare tableland. A long ridge is
* or JanSjil.
t A much'frequented variant of this route between Tuwaim and Hautnh lies to
the uett through the cases of Haudhah and Sun (or Uasun). Raunkutr, who
travelled this way in March, 1912, states that there are wells at both places,
—C. C. R. M.
T2
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This volume contains descriptions of the 'more important of the known routes in Arabia proper' produced by the General Staff in Simla, India. It is divided up as follows:
Part I - Routes in North-Eastern, Eastern, and Southern Arabia.
Part II - Routes in South-Western, Western, and North-Western Arabia.
Part III - Miscellaneous Routes in Mesopotamia.
Appendix A - Information about Routes etc in the Rowanduz District by Abdullah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Hereditary Chief of Rowanduz and ex-official of the Turkish Government.
Appendix B - Information relating to Navigation etc of the Tigris between Mosul and Baghdad supplied by our Raftsmen.
The volume contains a Glossary of Arabic Terms used in the route descriptions and a map of Arabia with the routes marked on it.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (425 folios)
- Arrangement
Divided into three sections as outlined in the scope and content.
The file contains a contents page that lists all of the routes included on folios 6-13 and uses the original printed pagination system.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound, printed volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Please note that f 424 is housed inside f 425.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Routes in Arabia'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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